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1 online resource (405 p.) |
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Studies in Cultural Contexts of the Bible Ser |
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Studies in Cultural Contexts of the Bible Ser
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Afterlife in Jewish and Christian Antiquity: Navigating Competing Conceptions as Products of Social Memory -- I. Afterlife in Ancient Judaism -- 2. The Nightmare of Sheol and the Counter-Memories of Yahwism -- 3. Ancient Egyptian Judgment of the Dead in Visual Memory of Jewish Apocalyptic Literature -- 4. Remembering the Martyrs in 2 and 4 Maccabees -- 5. Isaac's Death and Resurrection Remembered: Reception History, Cultural Memory, and the Aqedah in Jewish Tradition -- II. Afterlife in Early Christianity |
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6. Mnemonic Cross-pollination: Water Symbolism and the Fluidity of Resurrection Memory -- 7. From Romans to Colossians: Making Sense of Competing Conceptions of Resurrection -- 8. Re-membering Life after Death: Constructing, Receiving, and Contesting the Pauline Body -- 9. Additional Notes to an Unfinished Symphony: Resurrection and Afterlife According to Mark -- 10. Sexual Asceticism and Eternal Life in the Acts of Paul and Thecla: A Collective and Cultural Memory Perspective -- 11. "And I saw another place ..." (ApcPet 21): The Greek Apocalypse of Peter and its Otherworldly Landscape of Memories |
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12. Advanced Knowledge of Afterlife: Reading the Passion of Perpetua and Felicity as a Memory Text -- III. Hermeneutics and Memory -- 13. Form Criticism vs. Memory Theory on the Resurrection Narratives -- 14. Explaining Competing Representations of the Afterlife in Luke-Acts: A Social Memory Approach -- 15. When the Saints Go Marching In: Remembering Vengeance and Vindication in Matthew 27:52-53 -- List of Contributors -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors |
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Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lukes, Jiří
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| ISBN |
9783657796212 |
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3657796215 |
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